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It’s been almost a week … and I now dare put some words to it. This past weekend, Swiss voters rejected the CO2 Act, the law that had been negotiated as a path towards achieving the goals Switzerland committed itself to in the Paris Accords. The result is embarrassing and dumb, on several levels. The...

– a commentary on the upcoming vote in Switzerland, specifically the referendum against the CO2 Act. In short: The CO2 Act on this weekend’s ballot must be adopted. The decision to vote ‘yes’ should be obvious. The law is overdue. Ideally, the provisions of the law would be more radical, but it is definitely a...